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Article: MILOVAN DJILAS, 83; LEADING CRITIC OF STALIN.(CAPITAL REGION)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- April 21, 1995
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Byline: Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia Milovan Djilas, who killed and risked death to build communism but then become Stalinism's most incisive critic, died Thursday. He was 83.
Djilas, once heir apparent to Yugoslavia's late Communist leader Josip Broz Tito, died of heart failure at his central Belgrade home.
His son Aleksa Djilas, who reported his death to The Associated Press, said his father, who had a history of heart trouble, was examined at a local hospital Wednesday and advised to remain there but refused.
Djilas was the last surviving member of the first Communist Politburo headed by Tito, and his passing ...